| Show an D by y arthur D howden smith author of PORTO HELLO GOLD etc nanu D by 40 y v v v CHAPTER XII continued 24 it inny inay lie ile so reviled tho the govar governor Ko vernor jr au iset t I 1 would suggest to tn you my lily friends that lint certain knowledge bath come to rile inc which compels me lie to wonder whether ou oil ifould persist ia tills ills attitude were mere you ni I 1 it ill DrI icily vIly 1 have littell obtained definite information that tit the french are begin liftig the lie erect erection lon of it 11 stone fort tit nt jagars tit the territory till this tittle of tile fiille of InKi ini la is necima I 1 to us by tile tho peare of als not only that tit the hit linc no right tu to construct it i fort there they have hae no rl right to a trading post there yet my illy agent talked will tile the not vers cers in n charge monsieur tie du jt care nm mon leur do dc lery and they licy boast ed of their intent to erect it 11 fort us its IR be it i curl curb on our findlan nl ill lies the iroquois find divert iy ay 0 o their pots posts further up till tile take iffie fit fur fair trade which now coines to 0 o us its lit fit Ironi lq bolt rand oswego tudy tind new albany Al linny at tho the time I 1 received word of the of tit alic fort tit nt jakiun I 1 rp re velvina also alho this report from froin tin nn in ill montreal Montro nl ank tile do 1 till 11 11 of tho bald ibid for heaver cr lit fit tile so that hint now they are on of it i par with u ua ayt can afford to pay more lhnn wo we 10 lo do london will tale it from roll us its nt at n profit piol lt rejoined the merchant who mid lind first nr ronile trade rr nile cried another it pops goes biere the lie money 19 1 aye WP we have no ito avnir clat nored others illet ija re dined the ati pov gov bornor that the ali permit you to puppies or of aurs through thein I 1 call conceive they to do so if it netted chent tile tho prices they de desire alre does that lint bienn alint yon volt wilt will always tic be safe rate lit in expecting to have evants so lulled to he be mire three or four tuen men tit at once 1 I birrer with yon on replied muster burnet the fur bratle 1 Is 14 4 not only n indans to earn profits n most Import nAt stake in ili tit stice esq s the catlon which control ton 4 the fur arnde ili iny Y will have the lie interest Int cret of it tit alie birger s of si inRe the shiell nans kwil 8 tile lie support of tile the tallies will le the nation nut ion in extendIng JIM errIl orivs jn tittle or pence arnd lr in ili battlo lit in time of sr it ill HI belonje let be oies conje it merrlin nt to talce issue with will your our excellency re 1 l if K it ir merchant lint but it frein sto mo file you yon wittlich lich ovel to bavage tribes and war Is annd in north amer allier ten left for pi ench anti 1 itna andl tins ns too do thiele Is 0 so o long bonena ins its rightly nin ended mn ter allear in mind inflict that lint the lie whole history of our nut possessions on oil tills this continent nent disproved tit lie statement that there here Is 14 igind enough for ourselves conr elves aind the hie the french uie are the first to dispute tills view tiie illey plan olle openly lill to drive us into tile the sell fen the new ew franice they see in n ile flitar will nil fill tile the of tho ali atlantic const together file lie inland wilderness 11 if y 61 1 bali doubtless doubty less they will all seek to fight it us inserted a put but they inow riot not our breed if they think to do to so cried a neighbor or tile dutchman either sald paid n third flood that Is IR the spirit I 1 want to ii rouse the koerner Koer nor quick illick to seize what lie thought 1 nn I 1 it nd fail mcintare Min taRe gentlemen what I 1 desire front from you especially today Is fr your still sni port art lit in ti it plan I 1 have hae lieen beet coil for moderating the tie exit elt or of goods boods to the alie volume alume reached lit in recent weeks passes all reason if per fier to continue twill exhaust our sup pIles it plays directly into tile blinda of but atut he fie was a not suffered tred to continue trad shouted it a group croup stick by tile the law governor Koer norl I 1 taunted one I 1 11 the rile law Is tile the in laWr w orfed lod a third the lie pro prosperous berous loutta mer cliant imd up tip and made filiti himself self heard by pounding ills stick on the floor D hi I 1 understand your excellency te tc aiji ian theat you would filter alter tit the in i received front from tile the lords of frade h be asked naked my plan Is rather to cap ie ear out odthe law by certain re mions mi eions ons until I 1 can forward depre 1 1 n a ta talons on oil the situ situation atlon to their it replied master burnet 11 luit ut nit as one of my brethren tins lins just the law Is tile law 1 he trouble here sirs mrs Is that there Is I 1 the governor Ko vernor we vi jim suspension lon of tile the law and ln in the In there iceie Is no lio provision for u sta statute tilte tush we want tin no such liw law pro chilin icid thu the hard bard featured let us not ills excel excellency leney light lit as well know the truth sance ice mailer ster murray won ills 1114 case we 0 o have brin ablo 0 o sell and buy ai as we chose and our coffers hae hava swollen thereby the law was an judged law it restricted trade reduced bronts let iet till french secure fur if they alth they may tin ilo the dirty oil we ve will sit buck back arid and real the profits hotter better 1 have free lindi und anler pr than limited trade under or tiny any other oilier count country ly I 1 you tall tr onion sir sali tile gov arnor rn or coldly moreover moi cover you tall talk fool ashly there Is freedom 0 of trade in canada well we line have it here well keep it ns as long us its wu wo can replied tile ho merchant 1 allai ts Is riot not ilke ilka to hevery bo very long my triam announced a new voice all eyes were turned to till the door there stood andrew murray lait laced ed anti cocked lint tucked tivi wal under ills arin ile he bowed low to t the governor 1 I must beseech your excellency ls pardon for ny lily unheralded entrance lio lie scald 1 I till nin lut but just juat or in ill town tind I 1 liori to present my lily ease to you I 1 lie ile swept lili his idyes over tie the ui its I 1 ho je tand fashioned fasio ned thyn tl iiii ulan aly iny hillve Ill CP boll wo nn we lentile master murray returned lie governor ilal I 1 known where to renell you ton I 1 should have havu invited our 1 I 1 inn honored lionor fd or I 1 venture to intrude upon you oil because hec nile of In fornia tion I 1 possess which I 1 ilin sure will thor oo 9 X if 0 be of if interest to you and nd nil aff others outliers who have tha bertty of the iho province lit hot hart I 1 rt I 1 1 I till iain sald the governor Kir nor pray state case master murray Ali irmy 1 I do 0 so o till nil the more rea tilly your excellency liec nusi I 1 atilt am per funded you ou valli cn have li nu lit knowledge 0 of f thierl thier er wes recently committed by per soils hona abo ftp to to be your intents agents 1 I seo s e lit in tins tills room three an choin I 1 charge tit alio wanton destruction of it large quantity of furs fun imil tile the der or of two of any A number or 4 Ind indians lans I 1 and tail that lint there ile he no ito ins ing tile objects oll of li 1111 mur altar rny pointed tits ills tit nt my lily coin coill nudes land nn ine arose nal nil gi allice ivvle bent in lit upon aig ii ille kc explicit it if you ion lilease gilld tile the to LI nor 1 I 1 will sir replied murray boldly the boult illan known us its I 1 hirly orn willi veter collner corl or all it arn srn via eel chief ra nr ne ars ralden led it leet fleet of if citi loes on tile shora of tile the hiew near oswego und and burned hundreds of pact hincks of lit furs which tile fur far western savages S were pre brin gitig in ili for trade 1 I 1 lne have heard of elds matter master burnet luit but I 1 understood the savages sa were in fit chargo of if monsieur de Joi tile the friuli commandant c ut lit arid bound for montreal Mon 11 monsieur de dc ws accod con pitt lying them ina murray nut the lie savages were bound for my illy own hiding stat stations tnt lons the lois liis which will ruti run into thousands thousand 14 of pounds units will vill rall full upon our sew new york were tail tits the grew into tit ain outburst of indignation which tile the govi nor quelled dini culty 11 1 I hall look into muster charges lip lie sald mild so much nt at least lie he Is entitled to atut luit birst I 1 N to acquaint him with what I 1 have laid before this gathering till nil tile tic more 40 no because tie Is more vitally interested perhaps per hips than linn nn anny other muster murray I 1 nm arn concerned over the lie extent to which tile fur air trade Is passing into frencl french hands and 1 an am hound to 0 o fit say y tny illy into r 11 I 1 atholl indicates that the french Ir have your assistance tn fit the it iatter thu the tit of goods oens going upriver up river have enot enormously anere increased iseal tills summer they rare are ill linn dmus of it tont tons in fit excess of what formerly passed through allmay doubtless our posts lieve profited ted thereby suggest suggested kil jurray on tit the contrary nry returned master burnet with doil decision islon our air trading have farei fare 1 worse it if anything from the he iroquois tile the sin apes 14 fire nn patronizing more inid arid inoru inore tit the le lench traders briefly rr lelly muster mawri my ty I 1 tit thy sentiment of our merchants fn an it the of the lie tittle being t tn son sonic tit lit tiny rate the pr it 14 11 1 I issued in n response sion so to the action or of tile HIP lords of bratle in withholding the ns as sent pout of tits government to 0 o our luw law lIHn lie file trade in ili in ji iliin leill goods with 1 murray took snuff deliberately 1 I till not surprised it lie commented 1 I jim iiii free to your e excellency cel lency chrit chave I 1 anve noted hitherto it lovness on oil the part of tile fie pi authora ties in cring the free trade requirements i of their lordships lord ford ships you clarko that inquired tile alie gov bernor coldly 1 I to do sir and I 1 give fair warning that with a view to td tile the best interests of the province provIn ve fail and in response to tile the aldies of tile the majority of the merchants I 1 purpose to carry my lily coln coin plaint before tile privy cou council at the eni earliest llesi opportunity dovenor fo venor burnet rose roae froni from vals his chair the cordi cordiality allty was gone front from his manner this ine meeting etIng Is dissolved Ils solved 11 he pronounced noun ced no riot not it word gentlemen tills this na several undertook to object 1 11 I still hot leold ills maje com pil pils oslon slon its s governor no vernor nil and I 1 purpose purio 1 to secure re assent to my lily authority by one ewans me uis or another I 1 have striven to reason with you I 1 shall now proceed as set deemi ins best beat to tile mo master faster murray lie file your four ell cliar arges sos in writing and he be prepared to hear bear testimony in their defence defell so you boll may po go the door closed on oil the last of tile tho turbulent group hut but your excellency I 1 protested why do YOU wu permit murray to ninke innie suell such charges without bringing up agal against list him hill the lie information we path gath cred tit at ld la vierce lit du hols dols sure tig minie nicas measure urt of ofTe to apply torture alre to ai h fellow and it jor for the lie rest there 1 Is tile lie testimony of 0 ta witti wan tie ne urs to corroborate mu late glovernor Oo flo vernor burnet sh 1001 its ills head sti endly you forget that unfortunately your own past Is what clomped in tile the eyes of the law DI did d I 1 charge hini him with anything on your evidence lie he would assel you for it a known Jazo hite euid aind whatever counter charges we vre ini inist lt make lip lie would as mere inere efforts to offset your gailit allt 11 why your 4 excellency I 1 cried with heat here we have lieslie myself ms elf peter coriner Cor laer who Is surely known for trustworthy it if I 1 nm nil riot not and ta wan ne urs tirs Is a chief its as well weil as it ii nal man or of education even tie nc cordlia cord lii to white mens standards must we vt suffel tills self coiffe confessed traitor trailor to escape scot cot free the governor nor lbook ills his head aimin 1 I thare dare not muster master ormerod fortunately its as I 1 have said and through no ito fault of your our own you ou ire dusci edited in ill at advance ivance as a witness q peter ieter Is known for it a sturdy linter hater of the lie french and devoted to tit me file and to those te wito think as 1 I do jo notably your friend master in london witia biti ars Is till an It indian lie ile will me file of intent to ostend rad it if I 1 say a openly enly that my enet enemies tiles will refit faie v to 0 o accept lit word against that of it great in merchant erchant tike ilke murray ile he it moment deep in I 1 1 there cherf Is no other way I 1 he e decided nd denly donw up till your el chairs I 1 have much to list ask of all and tl no no mute more than fair that I 1 should present for you ou till all the facts in the lie cae ca e tto TO UK BE |
